Alongside with its rival Miss Universe and Miss Earth contests, this pageant is one of the most publicised beauty contests in the world. The telecast of the final competition is the world's largest live annual beauty pageant television event with global viewers.
The winner spends a year travelling to represent the Miss World Organization and its various causes. Traditionally, Miss World lives in London during her reign.
Miss World 2009, the 59th Miss World beauty pageant will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, where Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia will crown her successor, Miss World 2008. About 120 contestants are expected to attend the event.
Expected contestants :
| Country | ontestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Notes | |
 | Angola | Jesinalda Silva | 20 | 173 | Cabinda | |
 | Miss Austria | Anna Hammel | 18 | 170 | Linz | |
| Belarus | Lyubov Yakovina | 18 | 177 | Minsk | ||
 | Belgium | Zeynep Sever | 18 | 176 | Molenbeek | |
 | Bulgaria | Antonia Petrova | 24 | 180 | Pernik | |
 | Canada | Lena Ma | 21 | 179 | North York | |
 | Ecuador | Gabriela Ulloa | 21 | 180 | Esmeraldas | |
 | France | Chloé Mortaud | 19 | 180 | Lisieux | |
| Ghana | Mawuse Appea | 22 | 180 | Legon | ||
 | India | Pooja Chopra | 23 | 173 | Pune | |
 | Israel | Adi Rodnitzki | 19 | 171 | Tel Aviv | |
| Japan | Eruza Sasaki | 21 | 174 | Tottori | ||
 | Kazakhstan | Olga Nikitina | 20 | 184 | Karaganda | |
| Latvia | Viktorija Drizļonoka | - | - | Daugavpils | ||
 | Luxembourg | Diana Nilles | 20 | - | Walferdange | |
| Malawi | Joyce Mphande | 20 | - | Lilongwe | ||
| Martinique | Ingrid Littré | 21 | 178 | Fort de France | ||
 | Mauritius | Anaïs Veerapatren | 22 | 183 | Curepipe | |
 | Mexico | Perla Beltrán | 22 | 178 | Guamúchil | |
 | Nigeria | Glory Chuku | 20 | 184 | Lafia | |
 | Norway | Sara Skjoldnes | 17 | 170 | Skien | |
 | Philippines | Marie-Ann Umali | 22 | 174 | Batangas | |
 | Russia | Svetlana Stepankovskaya | 23 | 183 | Krasnodar | |
 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Venetta Zakers | 23 | 172 | St. Paul's | |
 | South Africa | Tatum Keshwar | 24 | 180 | Durban | |
 | Venezuela | María Milagros Véliz | 25 | 178 | Valencia | |
| Zambia | Musunga Chuzu | 24 | 176 | Lusaka | ||
 | Zimbabwe | Vanessa Sibanda | 21 | - | Harare |
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